“Our Savior was willing to suffer the pain of His Atonement
because He loves you. In fact, you’re ‘the joy that was set before him’ while
He suffered. The invitation to repent is an expression of God’s love. Saying
yes to that invitation is an expression of ours. Picture your favorite image of
Christ. Now imagine Him smiling brightly with joy each time you use His gift,
because He is the perfect brightness of hope. Your repentance doesn’t burden
Jesus Christ; it brightens His joy! Let’s teach that! We don’t stay on the
covenant path by never making a mistake. We stay on the path by repenting every
day. When we’re repenting, God forgives without shaming us, comparing us to
anyone else, or scolding us because this is the same thing we were repenting of
last week. He’s excited every time He sees us on our knees. He delights to
forgive us because to Him we are delightful!” – Tamara W. Runia
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